Laundry-wrap.



F. H. LOVBLESS.

LAUNDRY WRAP.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. s. 1912.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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FatED H. LOVELESS, 0F LA FAYETTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO ,PAUL A. TALBERT AND JOSEPH W. TALBERT, BOTH OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

LAUNDRY-.WBAR

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 5, 1912.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

serial No. 713,442.

To all whom/it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRED H. LovELEss, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Fayette, in the county of Tippecanoe and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry- Wraps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to merchandise packages and has particular reference to means for wrapping laundry for delivery to customers, and for analogouspurposes.

The object of the invention is to provide a stiffening of' straw-board, or the like, for the top or bottom of the package, with integrally projecting portions adapted to be protect the ends of the package, and also the corners on the opposite side from the main stiflening board.

A further object is to form the portions which are to be bent up at the ends so they Iwill serve as Shapers in properly folding the outside wrapper of the package around the endsof the latter.

Another object of the invention is to construct those parts of the board which are to be folded at the ends so they will fold on lines at right angles to longitudinal edges of the board, at varying distances from the body of the board de` .ending upon the length and thickness o the goods to be wrapped.

"'Still another object is to provide a simple and inexpensive protector which will have almost the same eiiicienc as a case or box.

The above and other o jects of my invention are accomplished by the means `illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package wrapped in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an inside view of the several parts of my wrapper in their unfolded or flat condition.- Fig. 3 is a cross section of a package 'wrapped in accordance with my invention,l and is taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.` Fio'. 4 is 'a longitudinal elevation of a bundle ofD merchandise with my improved board lapplied without the outside wrapper the ends of the package before the ends of the board and outside wrapper are folded around the ends of the package.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

6 is a board, preferably of straw or other pulp material, of any desired thickness and sti ness, upon which the goods to be wrapped will generally be placed upon a rectangular area as defined by the four corners a, b, c and d. The invention is particularl adapted for wrapping up shirts with stiii bosoms, shirtwaists and the like, and will be described in connection with that class of goods but it will be understood that the invention is not in anywise limited to use in wrapping any particular article or articles.

Extending from the rectangular area, above defined, are the ends 7, the two opposite edges 8 of which are oblique to form outwardly tapering ends of the parts 7. These ends are long enough to reach to the top of the usual thickness of goods to be wrapped in one package, and also to extend inwardly on top of the package for a suitable distance to securely bind the ends of the package, as shown in Fig. 4., and to cause the ends 7 to bend on lines at right angles to the longitudinal edges`of the body 6 I score them as shown at 9, and to permit the ends 7 to be bent at different places tosuit variations in the sizes `of the garments to be wrapped,- as for shirts with long or short bosoms, and

packages of different thicknesses, as where one or more shirts are done up in a single` package, I provide a number of parallel score lines, six lines being shown in each end in the board illustrated in the several figures of the drawing. The number of score lines may obviously be varied to suit the re uirements. This scoring permits the en s to be bent toform corners to suit the requirements ofthe package, and enables a pileof goods to be wrapped and fitted, wherein one endis thicker than the other, as frequently occurs in wrapping up mens shirts where detached collars, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, are included in the package.

10 is an inside wrapper, preferably of transparent paper to protect the shirts or other merchandise 'from being soiled while being handled and inspected, but permitting inspection through it. Onev edge of the sheet 10 is preferably pasted to one of the longitudinal edges of the board 6, and after the goods to be wrapped have been placed on the board the sheet is folded over and upon the goods and its end, opposite the pasted one, is introduced under the goods between the latter and board 6, as shownrin Fig'. 3.. The outer surface of the sheet ll0 affords excellent space for advertising purposes and will generally be used for that purpose.

ll is an outside wrapper of manila or other suit-able and usual paper material, and will preferabl be suiliciently pasted to the same side of he board 6 to which the edge of the wrapper 10 is attached, to keep the Wrapper l1 and board 6 in proper relative position7 about as shown in Fig. 2, and while I prefer to thus secure the body 6 and wrapper 1l together they may be used without being thus connected.

The manner of using my improved wrapper is as follows: The goods to be wrapped are properly folded and placed upon the rectangular body of the board 6, said board and wrappers 10 and ll being in the flat, as shown in.. Fig. Q. Then thef. transparent. sheet l0 is folded across the goods and'its loose end is tucked between the goods and board 6, as shown in Fig. 3. Then the two edges of t-he sheetv l1, which vare parallel with the longitudinal edges of the board 6, are folded together upon the package thus far wrapped, in Ythe'inanner shown in Fig.

3. Then the ends of the folded wrapper 1lv are folded diagonally upon the ends 7 of the board 6, using the oblique edges of said ends as a guide, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 5. Then the two ends 7 of the board 6, covered with the folded .wrapper l1, are bent at the proper score lines `9 into contact with the ends and top `of the package, and are held in that position by a cord 12 applied in the usual manner, as shown in Fig. 1.

It is obvious that the board 6 may be laid uponthe top of thebundle of goods to be wrapped and the scored ends bent down against the ends ofthe bundleand turned under, and itis also obvious that thewraplpers l0 and ll may be separate from each other and from the body insteadI of being pasted as above described, and in other Ways which vI have already pointedout, the ,in-

Loistef 1. A board to be used in wrapping merchandise having a body-portion of approximately the horizontal area of the merchandise to be wrapped and having end extensions adapted to be bent around the ends of the merchandise, said extensions having 0pposite oblique edges to serve as forms in folding the ends of an outside wrapper, in combination with an outside wrapper having edges parallel with the longitudinal edges of the'Y board, which wrapper edges are folded together upon the package after which the ends of'said folded wrapper are folded diagonally upon the oblique ends of the board as a guide and then the oblique ends of the board enveloped in said obliquely folded wrapper are folded towardy each other against the body of the package and means to secure said folded ends against the package.

2. A. board to beused in wrapping Inerchandise havin a body-portion of approXi mately the horizontal area of the merchandise to be wrapped and having end eXtensions adapted to be bent around the ends of the merchandise, each end extension having a plurality of parallel score lines to facilitate thebending of the ends at places best adapted to fitl the dimensions of themenchandise, said scored ends having opposite oblique edges to serve as forms in folding the ends of an outside wrapper, in combination with an outside wrapper, and a trans-y y y parent inside wrapper having one ofv its edges secured to the board and having its other edge adapted to be carried over the merchandise and inserted between the-"-merchandise and boards. I

In witness whereof, l, have hereuntoset my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this, 26th day of July, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

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